COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
San Francisco’s celebrated Old Foghorn Ale has been virually handmade by the brewers of Anchor Steam Beer, in one of the world’s smallest and most traditional breweries, since 1975. Our barleywine-style ale, the first of its kind in modern times in the United States, has a luscious depth of flavour that makes it ideal for sipping after dinner. It is made with top-fermenting yeast, fresh whole hops, and "first wort", the richest runnings of a thick all-malt mash. Old Foghorn is "dry hopped" in the classic ale tradition and aged in our cellars until it attains the perfect balance of malty sweetness, estery fruitiness, and exquisite hop character, for which it is known throughout the world.
A ruby red ale with little carbonation and a warm finish.

Wow, get a fire, have a curry and a few ipa , then sit back and relax with this for pudding. It’s what winter was made for. Multi layered beer, sweet, with more vanilla coming through as it warms up. A lovely sipping ale.

Poured from the 6-pack, look is reddish orange nice 2-3 finger collar. The first beer and a half are forced sippers, meaning it is almost impossible to gulp, but after that all bets are off. I got all kinds of different flavors in every drink: fresh fruit, dried fruit, sugar, booze, malt and some hops. I also get why the commercial description suggests to sip after dinner, because it’s strong! I wouldn’t suggest trying to drink all 6 if you have anything to do the next day, especially early in the morning.

Orange-red with thin beige head. A bit hazy.
Wood, fruit, alcohol, apricots, chocolate, hops and a bit of liquorice in the nose.
Bitter and fresh flavour with notes of fruit, vanilla and chocolate. Somewhat sweet with a dry finish.

A really beautiful reddish brown ale with light foam. Even when the bottle is opened spreads a lovely winey aroma. There is much fruit in the aroma and slightly malt. The palate is marked by hard roasted malt and lots of fruit. The alcohol has a nice warming effect and edge makes a good vinous fullness. The finish is long and the hops gives it a subtle bitter touch which is in a very good balance with the malty and fruity taste.

A- In my opinion it has a very alcoholic smell to it. I can smell a little bit of the dark fruit but mostly alcohol. A- Nice ruby color with an off white head that leaves very little lacing on the glass. T- I do not taste the the alcohol that I found in the smell. It has a nice sweet dark fruit. M- Light carbonation that coats the mouth nicely. O- A very tasty beer from a historic brewery. I have not had many barleywines but I’m beginning to love them more and more.

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